- ISBN13: 9780240805009
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Product Description
Lavishly produced and illustrated, Cinematography covers the entire range of the profession. The book is not just a comprehensive guide to current professional practice; it goes beyond to explain the theory behind the practice, so you understand how the rules came about and when it’s appropriate to break them. In addition, directors will benefit from the book’s focus on the body of knowledge they should share with their Director of Photography.
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Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers
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#1 by Cem Gül on April 18, 2010 - 6:02 pm
It’s much technical guide more than a visual-aesthetic course about cinematography. So much equipment & technical explanations but very brief knowledge for visual language and photodirection. Anyway this is nice book.
If you looking for step by step guide to shooting and directing, you better search for the books by Steven D. Katz
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Ryan Frost on April 18, 2010 - 6:05 pm
This book answered all the questions I had on the subject that no other resource could. Great book for any aspiring filmmaker novice or semi-pro.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by A. M. Sloan on April 18, 2010 - 6:38 pm
There are so many shortcomings with this book–where to begin? The text throughout is in serious need of an editor. The author jumps from one thought to another then returns to the first later in the chapter. The information in the book is presented as authoritative and yet some of it is downright wrong. Many of the images are pixelated, small, or ambiguous. There are several instances of page / image / figure references that are incorrectly linked. Occasionally, new terms appear in the book which are never explained–the reader is just supposed to “know” them. Overall it feels like someone who is about 80% competent as a cinematographer decided to write this book, but they had no idea how to organize their thoughts in a cohesive manner.
True, there are good bits of info in the book. But these nuggets are scattered randomly here an there and their appearance amid pages of incorrect or incomplete information casts a shadow of doubt over the entire work.
If you know nothing about cinematography, you’ll probably learn a thing or two from this book. Otherwise it is almost a complete waste of time. So much of it is vague, misleading or false. Do NOT buy this book expecting a definitive, well-written authority on cinematography. Not worth the money. An embarrassment to whoever pieced the book together.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by Linda Krogh on April 18, 2010 - 6:59 pm
i recieved the book in a great time-frame, and the price was excellent. Thank you so much for providing me with my needed university reading.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by Diego F. Otero on April 18, 2010 - 9:34 pm
It’s a good book. I wasnt impressed by the way the author writes, but it seems to cover the basics. Too much technical stuff for what I was expecting: more analysis of existing movies, but I guess that’s up to you after you read the book.
Rating: 3 / 5